Singer XL-400 Review In Detail

Singer XL-400 is a versatile sewing and embroidery combo machine. However we would have loved it if it came with included Auto Punch software.

Editor rating

Singer XL-400 is one of the most popular embroidery machines available in U.S. It comes with 25 years limited warranty. You can use SINGER Futura XL-400 as an embroidery machine and as a sewing machine. You can use this embroidery machine as a normal sewing machine once you remove the embroidery unit. This embroidery machine is slightly different from others. In this, you can actually create and edit your own embroidery designs using the software provided and then you can transfer it to the embroidery machine using the USB cable. We have always found it difficult to adjust things on the small LCD screen provided on embroidery machines. What Singer has done is that, they have taken away the LCD screen and now all the design editing and settings are done on your PC itself, which makes a lot of sense to us. A bigger screen for editing is always handy. However, you will have to keep both the PC and the embroidery machine 'ON' to start working. There are several add-on softwares available for this machine(needs to be bought separately, including AutoPunch, Auto CrossStitch,PhotoStitch and HyperFont). It comes with 2 hoops, large and small (large 10” x 6” and Small 4” x 4”).

Ease of Use

Threading SINGER Futura XL-400 is very easy, thanks to Singer's Swift Smart threading system. You don't need to go up and down while threading this machine. The drop and sew bobbin makes things super easy.It comes with 6 LED work lights.The LED's illuminate the work area quite well. You can control the sewing speed by moving the slider forward and backward. The embroidery table is quite big and consumes a lot of space. It comes with all the essential accessories for sewing and embroidery work. Most of the in-built designs look pretty. It does a good job with larger projects. The stitch quality is very good over a variety of fabrics.

Drawbacks

Singer didn't include auto punch software in the box. You will have to buy it separately.

At high speeds the machine seems to be slightly on the louder side.

In this segment, we expected the machine to feature an automatic thread cutter.

Softwares are compatible with Windows OS only (Mac users take that into account).

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